Sofia Fomina

Soprano

Sofia Fomina joined the Ensemble at Oper Frankfurt in 2013/14. Her roles here during the 2014/15 season are Musetta (La Bohème), Nannetta (Falstaff), Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), a role she will also be singing at Paris Opéra, Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos) and Clorinda (La Cenerentola). Other plans include a return to the Royal Opera House in London, where she sang Isabella (Robert le Diable) and Najade (Ariadne auf Naxos), to sing Gemmy in William Tell conducted by Antonio Pappano. Roles in Frankfurt last season were the Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Onoria in a new production of Gluck's Ezio, Sophie (Werther), Angelica (Orlando furioso) and Nannetta in a new production of Falstaff. Earlier on in her career this Russian soprano was a member of the ensemble at the Saarländische Staatstheater in Saarbrücken. Recent guest engagements have included a Flower Maiden (Parsifal) at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Gilda (Rigoletto) at Zurich Opera and Janáček's Das ewige Evangelium with Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in London. She has also enjoyed great success in recital. Sofia Fomina studied at the Music Collegium in Orlovsk and Gnessin Music Academy in Moscow. She has enjoyed success in competitions, including the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg.